How can I fortify homemade soy milk?
Commercial soy milk is fortified with lots of different vitamins. Is it possible to add these vitamins to homemade soy milk? If so how would you do it?
I'm not sure if we absorb the vitamins or if they are important or whatever, but just curious about how this would be done in a home kitchen.
Edit:
Found some links, neither of which gives a great answer considering both only really cover calcium, and state its a matter of mixing in a powder and shaking before drinking to keep dissolved:
http://www.livestrong.com/article/362920-how-to-fortify-homemade-soy-milk/
http://www.makesoyamilk.com/soya-milk-benefits/should-you-fortify-your-soy-milk
But commercial soymilk can include a ton of others (A, C, D, E, K, B6, Iron, Riboflavin, Folate, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium...). Wondering if it's also just a matter of mixing in a powder (like ground up multivitamins) and keeping suspending by shaking or the edition of additives like emulsifiers.
Best Answer
You won't be adding any ascorbic acid or such -would curdle the milk- but an oil based vitamin such as found inside a vitamin E gel-cap would mix in fine. Would only be as absorbable or bio-available as the original vitamin product.
The idea of fortifying soya comes from the notion that we get a large amount of our nutrients from cows milk and without it, must substitute. The answer in general as to 'how important' is to eat a wide variety of whole foods instead of relying on fortified foods.
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To fortify, add calcium tablets or protein powder to the finished soy milk, then blend. You can also accent the milk with spices (such as ground cinnamon), cocoa powder, green tea powder, and more.How do you stabilize soy milk?
Stabilizing soy beverages Stability is defined by effective suspension of insoluble components such as added calcium and, in the case of a chocolate beverage, added cocoa. The beverage should have a consistent appearance and a free-flowing, uniform texture, meaning no phase separation and no tendency toward gelation.How do you keep soy milk from spoiling?
To make it even simpler, you should store your soy milk the same way it was in the grocery store (meaning in the fridge if it was in the refrigerated section) and keep it in the fridge after opening the bottle or carton for the first time.What does it mean to fortify soy milk?
When introducing a plant milk to your child, we recommend prioritizing a fortified soy milk or pea milk. But what does \u201cfortification\u201d mean? Fortified foods have nutrients added to them that are not otherwise naturally-occurring in that food (or beverage).THE BEST HOMEMADE SOY MILK, NO NASTY TASTE 😋 Dairy Free Vegan Plant Milk Recipe 💚 High In Protein
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